Pasefika Tongan Dictionary: Peka
Peka in Tongan language is Chiroptera Bat (Flying Fox) in English language.
Bat (Flying Fox) Chiroptera in English language is known as:
- Peʻa in Sāmoan language
- ʻŌpeʻapeʻa in Hawaiʻian language
- Peka in Tongan language
- ʻIore Pererau in Tahitian language
- Pekapeka in Māori language
Peka Bat (Chiroptera) / Flying fox (Pteropus) - noun
Peka (phonetic: / Pay-KAh / | ipa:/ ˈPe̞ˑkäˑ / | symbols: / ˈpākä / )
“Peka” is a word in Tongan language used to identify a bat (Chiroptera) and/or Flying fox (Pteropus).
“Peka” in Tongan language is also translated to “Peʻa” in Sāmoan language Bat (Chiroptera) / Flying fox (Pteropus) and “ʻŌpeʻapeʻa” in Hawaiʻian to identify a bat (Chiroptera) and or Hawaiʻian hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus semotus).
“Peʻa” is also word in Sāmoan language used to identify the tatau Sāmoa, (Sāmoan tatoo) for men.
Jon Apisa. Peʻa (Flying Fox Fruit Bat) freehand drawing. 2023. colored pencil on paper, 8.8" x 5.5" (22.4cm x 14cm).
Peʻa (Flying Fox Fruit Bat) drawing by Jon Apisa
Tongan to English Dictionary
| English | Tongan | Sāmoan | Hawaiʻian | Tahitian | Māori | Scientific |
| Crab | Paka | Paʻa | Pāpaʻi | Paʻapaʻa | Pāpaka | Brachyura |
| European person | Papālagi | Papālagi | Haole | Popaʻā | Pākehā | |
| Pacific Ocean | Pasifiki | Pasefika | Pākīpika | Patitifa | Pasifika | |
| Page | Peesi | Itūlau | ‘Ao‘ao | ‘Api parau | Whārangi | |
| Bat (Flying Fox) | Peka | Peʻa | ʻŌpeʻapeʻa | ʻIore Pererau | Pekapeka | Chiroptera |
| Portuguese man o' war | Pekipaki | Vaʻa tau | Paʻimalau | Physalia physalis | ||
| Pen | Peni | Peni | Peni | Pēni | Pene | |
| Pencil | Peni | Penitala | Penikala | Pēni tara | Pene rākau | |
| Paper | Pepa | Pepa | Pepa | |||
| Baby | Pēpē | Pepe | Pēpē | Pēpe | Pēpē | |
| Pink | Pingikī | Pīniki | ʻĀkala | Tārona | ||
| Dark, Darkness | Po‘uli | Pōuliuli | Pouli | |||
| Brush | Polosi | Palasi | Palaki | Porōmu | Paraihe | |
| Canoe | Pōpao | Vaʻa | Waʻa | Vaʻa | Waka | |
| Post (house, structure) | Pou | Pou | Pou | Pou | Pou | |
| Pig | Puaka | Puaʻa | Puaʻa | Puaʻa | Poaka | Sus scrofa, Sus scrofa domesticus |
| Wednesday | Pulelulu | Aso Lulu | Poʻakolu | Mahana toru | Rāʻapa | |
| Cow | Pulu | Povi | Pipi wahine | Puaʻatoro | Kau | Gallus gallus |
| Cat | Pusi | Pusi | Pōpoki | Mīmī | Ngeru |
English to Polynesian Dictionary
Hawaiʻian to English Dictionary
Tongan to English Dictionary
Tahitian to English Dictionary
Māori to English Dictionary
The Pasefika Polynesian dictionary is project of Jon Apisa intended as a comparative dictionary to view similarities, differences and cognate relationships of words in multiple Polynesian languages.